A Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of¹⁸F-FDG PET and CT in the Characterization of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Abstract

Definitely and probably benign results on PET and CT strongly predict benign SPN. However, such results were 3 times more common with PET. Definitely malignant results on PET were much more predictive of malignancy than were these results on CT. A malignant final diagnosis was approximately 10 times more likely than a benign final diagnosis in participants with PET results rated definitely malignant.